Jim Meehan: Team format makes sense for state golf tournaments
Fri., June 15, 2018, 7:08 p.m.
I’ve seen quite a bit in three decades as a sportswriter, but prep golf has supplied some of the more surreal moments.
Fri., June 15, 2018, 7:08 p.m.
UPDATED: Thu., June 14, 2018, 10:37 p.m.
Thu., June 14, 2018, 3:40 p.m.
SR Story | Almira/Coulee-Hartline came out Saturday at Wheeler Field and managed to complete one of the toughest task in all of sports when the Warriors defeated Colton 8-4 to remain undefeated on the season while capturing a State 1B baseball title in one fell swoop.
SR Story | Michael Coumont had come to Yakima seven times with Freeman High School teammates in search of state championships in basketball and baseball. Three times he’d been on the losing end of state title games in basketball.
SR Story | Freeman’s Scotties got off the County Stadium schneid in a big way Friday, scoring five runs in the first three innings and toppling Cedar Park Christian 13-1 in six innings the State 1A baseball semifinals.
SR Story | For a few raucous minutes Friday afternoon, it looked like West Valley’s sixth-inning magic was going to come through for a second straight game.
SR Story | There are plenty of teams left in the baseball and softball state playoffs, with tennis and track and field this weekend as well. Here’s a look at all of the participants.
SR Story | Roundup of Saturday’s prep baseball playoffs from across the region.
SR Story | Roundup of Saturday’s Idaho state playoff action.
SR Story | Roundup of Friday’s prep baseball playoff action from across the region.
SR Story | At the end of a long day of softball on Saturday, Central Valley had to settle for the best finish in program history. It just wasn’t the finish the Bears were hoping for.
SR Story | Roundup of Friday’s prep state softball action from across the state.
SR Story | Kelsey Gumm went 5 for 6 with a pair of two-run home runs and Central Valley routed Auburn Riverside 20-4 in a state 4A quarterfinal at Merkel Sports Complex on Friday.
SR Story | Roundup of Saturday’s prep softball action from across the region.
SR Story | Richland put up five runs in the fourth inning – all with two outs – and the visiting Bombers beat Central Valley 8-1 in the District 8 championship game.
SR Story | Roundup of Friday’s prep softball action from across the region.
SR Story | Roundup of Wednesday’s prep fastpitch softball playoff action from across the region.
SR Story | Roundup of Tuesday’s prep softball playoff action from across the region.
SR Story | Rpundup of Saturday’s prep boys soccer playoff action from across the region.
SR Story | Roundup of Tuesday’s prep boys soccer playoff action from across the region.
SR Story | Roundup of Thursday’s prep boys soccer playoff action from across the region.
SR Story | It was the last hurrah in a season of many for Gonzaga Prep boys soccer. It was the last hurrah in a season of many for Gonzaga Prep boys soccer. The Bullpups wrung every ounce of drama out of Tuesday night’s District 8 4A boys …
SR Story | Roundup of Saturday’s prep boys soccer playoff action from across the region.
SR Story | Roundup of Thursday’s prep boys soccer tournament action from across the region.
SR Story | Roundup of Wednesday’s District 8 4A and 3A prep boys soccer tournament action.
SR Story | Roundup of Tuesday’s boys prep soccer district tournament action from across the region.
SR Story | Don Hilsendeger was getting a little annoyed with all of the tiny things keeping his Lewis and Clark squad from gapping the fractions of seconds needed to best Tahoma.
SR Story | Tony Pizzillo expressed a little bit of “what if” when reflecting the immediate aftermath of Saturday’s State 3A track and field championships.
SR Story | Just minutes after winning his fourth state championship event, Charles Johnson was only thinking of doughnuts. Tasty treats are a bit of a vice for the stellar senior sprinter from Cheney and on this day were well deserved.
SR Story | Ashley Sande put a fitting bow on the end of a stellar sprint career.
SR Story | Ben Shaw’s fun was spread out at the State 1A, 2B, 1B track and field championships.
SR Story | Caleb Johnson knew there were small things in his technique he needed to perfect to come close to the distances required in his tosses to claim a state championship.
SR Story | Seconds never tasted any better for Julia Hayes. The Valley Christian junior finished according to seed Friday at the State 1A, 2B, 1B track and field championships at Eastern Washington University.
SR Story | There’s a chance Samara Nelson could have had a huge case of “fear of missing out” in March when she watched the Central Valley girls basketball team claim the title at the GEICO Nationals Tournament in New York City.
SR Story | It was a successful weekend for Freeman’s Andy Simmerman who placed second at the state 1B/2B/1A tournament on Saturday at the Yakima Tennis Club. He beat Ezra Magaram of Seattle Academy 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 in the semifinals.
SR Story | Roundup of Friday’s prep boys tennis action from across the region.
SR Story | There are plenty of teams left in the baseball and softball state playoffs, with tennis and track and field this weekend as well. Here’s a look at all of the participants.
SR Story | Roundup of Saturday’s prep tennis playoff action from across the region.
SR Story | Roundup of Thursday’s prep tennis playoff action from across the region.
SR Story | Roundup of Friday’s Northeast 1A tennis action from across the region.
SR Story | Roundup of Friday and Saturday’s Inland Empire Tournament action.
SR Story | Roundup of Friday’s prep tennis action from across the region.
SR Story | Elizabeth Grubb and Katie Keifer of Chewelah took seventh place in state 1B/2B/1A tennis on Saturday at the Yakima Tennis Club. They lost to Coupeville’s Payton Renninger and Payton Aparicio 6-2, 6-3.
SR Story | Roundup of Friday’s prep girls tennis action from across the region.
SR Story | There are plenty of teams left in the baseball and softball state playoffs, with tennis and track and field this weekend as well. Here’s a look at all of the participants.
SR Story | Roundup of Saturday’s prep tennis playoff action from across the region.
SR Story | Roundup of Thursday’s prep tennis playoff action from across the region.
SR Story | High school can be tough for any 14-year-old, but Gonzaga Prep freshman Callah Preti had an interesting experience in the middle of her ninth-grade year. In January, she was relocated more than 2,500 miles to Liberty Lake from her home in North Carolina when her …
SR Story | Roundup of Friday’s Northeast 1A tennis action from across the region.
SR Story | Roundup of Friday and Saturday’s Inland Empire Tournament action.
SR Story | As the rain started to pour on the 18th hole at Hangman Valley Golf Course on Wednesday, Davenport’s Kaysa Panke was lining up for birdie. Four years of being a Gorilla came down to this.
SR Story | Davenport senior Kaysa Panke is back in a familiar position at state golf, thanks to a strong second half of her round Tuesday.
SR Story | Sweeps in sports are generally reserved for a baseball series or the NBA playoffs. Six Greater Spokane League 4A boys made the term applicable to golf Wednesday.
SR Story | The Kellogg boys golf team repeated as 3A State champions Tuesday with the same five players who brought home the hardware a year ago.
SR Story | The Colfax boys and St. George’s girls won District 7 1B/2B/1A golf titles as play concluded Monday in Chewelah.
SR Story | Roundup of Friday’s prep golf action from across the region.
SR Story | Roundup of Tuesday’s prep golf action from across the region.
SR Story | As the rain started to pour on the 18th hole at Hangman Valley Golf Course on Wednesday, Davenport’s Kaysa Panke was lining up for birdie. Four years of being a Gorilla came down to this.
SR Story | Davenport senior Kaysa Panke is back in a familiar position at state golf, thanks to a strong second half of her round Tuesday.
SR Story | The Kellogg boys golf team repeated as 3A State champions Tuesday with the same five players who brought home the hardware a year ago.
SR Story | The Colfax boys and St. George’s girls won District 7 1B/2B/1A golf titles as play concluded Monday in Chewelah.
SR Story | Roundup of Friday’s prep golf action from across the region.
SR Story | Roundup of Tuesday’s prep golf action from across the region.
SR Story | Roundup of Friday’s prep golf action from across the region.